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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-27
(CeIltrdL Meth0dist.)

1t is a question of deep interest in
all our city churches. How shall we
keep up our congregations at night,
especially during the heated term ?
TO this we have one answer: Let the
services at night be deeply spiritual
and earnest. Let thu m be accompa-
MED by the sweetest songs. If preach
ing be attempted, let the sermons be
always short, pithy, earnest, and point
ed. For an, entire summer we have
kept up our congregations in this way,
and we never had greater numbers or
[people more attentive and apparently
more profited. 1t will not do to preach
long, dry sermons, however orthodox
or profound they may be. The ser,
mons should be full of the marrow Of
the Gospel and be pervaded by the
deepest earnestness. The preacher
should show that he is after souls
Let there be no theological lectures Of
metaphysical discussions, but lei
Christ and Him crucified be the grea
absorbing theme.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-27

The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle tells
this story of lady in that city, who,
having abandoned hot bread at meals
during Lent, confessed that she had
been thereby "wonderfully benefited
in health" In well regulated armies
soldiers are never permitted to eat
bread newly baked, because it is dam
gerous to health. And yet delicate
women expect to feel well after con-
suming hot rolls or biscuits morning
and night. Science and experience
are against it.
If YOU ever endured the agony of a
felon, you will appreciate the fact that
1T cain be cured by woolen smoke.
Place the woolen rags under an invert-
ed flower-pot, and put Goals upon
them, or set them on fire some other
way, then hold the felon over the
smoke, and it will extract all the pain.
Leave plenty Of potato to your pota-
to.eye if you want strong plants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-27

GAPEs IN CHIcKENs.-Gapes i'll
chickens is the result of worms in the
throat, and q removal of the worms is
q cure for the disease. This is most
commonly effected by passing a quill
feather dipped in turpentine into the
throat and twisting it around until
the worms are dislodged. What causes
these worms is not clearly understood. 4.
Fumigating with carbolic acid is re,
commended in bad cases, by u good
authority, in poultry ailments, but
care must be taken that the chicks are
not suftocated by continuing the treat
ment too long.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-27

The Lord has proven himself to be
our God by bringing us out of many q
trouble.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27
THE NEWS.

Civil war is feared in the Cherokee
Nsllons
Kent House, at Lakewood, lake Chau-
tauqua, destroyed by fire. Loss S125,000
Alleged that Lew Bernard has offered
to deliver the lobor vote of Cincinnati
to the. Democracy for $3.50.
A boy named Chas. Wilcox, near
Wilkesharre, Pa. kills George Brooks,
another boy. while playing with re
volver.
Moses Carter, of Jeffersonville, Ind,
was shot in the face by an unknown
man who called bin TO the door of his
residence.
Nashville rendered formal reception
to the President. With the aid of the
cyclop8dis he delivered response, and
then hied bimself to Chattanooga where
be encountered rain for the first time
during his trip.
indianapolis Democrats are laying the
blame for the defeat of their party in
the recent municipal election in that
city on each other and airing lots of
dirty lisen.
Judge Taft, of the Cincinnati Super,
iof court, has rendered decision by
which divorced wife RECEIVERS dover
in property decided by the husband and
his second wife.
Freeland, Pa. is In condition Dor
dering on anarchy because of the min
ers' strike. In surrounding districts as
we'll as there alarming destitution and
suffering exists. Red flag agitatOrs are
busy.
Civil Service Commissioner Edgerton,
iuan interview, thinks Democrats will
roommate Cleveland, and that the
bst thing Republicans can do is to
Illuminate Sherman. as he considers him
tie strongest man.
All Gung, alias Little Charley" alias
Ing QuOng, the Chinaman. who was
arrested in Chicago Saturday charged
With a murder committed In Utah, de-
ned his guilt, and was held to await sD
oder of transfer to Utah.
VIM. Herbst, former President First
National Bank, Glenrock, Pa, has been
sntenced to five years Imprisonment
il Eastern Pennsylvania Penitentiary
br embezzling funds of the bank Jno. |
Herbst, son, received like sentence
hr aiding in the commission of the |
cine.
Powderly has trinmphed In the Ma
ional Assembly, K. OF l. at Minneapo>
b. General confidence has been yote1 |
the Master Workman.
By direction of the Washington au+ |
horities, General GriersoD has removed
bout fifty squatters, with twenty thous-
nd head OF cattle and ten thousand |
heep, from the abandoned Jicarilia
apache reservation in North west Mexi
o, on the Colorado border. Many of
bese alleged settlers" were simply en-
loyes of cattle companies.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27
TIE corruption of elections in Mary

TIE corruption of elections in Mary
land has received a severe blow in de-
cision just made by the Superior court
of Baltimore concerning the registra+
tion of voters. under which any citizen
is given the privilege of petitionins to
have a name stricken from the books of
registration in any ward OF precinct in
the city. Heretofore this right has been
denied, and elections depended more up
on the work of the board of registration
than upon the votes of those entitled to
suffrage. The registration books were
loaded down with the names of alleged
voters, and no one could prevent the
latter from voting. 1t is estimated that
tue decision Just rendered will knock
out not less than four thousand Of such
names, and put an end to the ring rule
which has perpetuated the fraud.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27
Grains Of Gold.

Don't expect too much from those
around y0u.
They who forgive most shall be most
forgiven.
Life is half spent before one knows
what lite is.
He has much to do who would please
everybody.
Who fotces himself on others is to
himself a load.
1t is nothing to begin; perseverance
is everything.
In struggling with misfortune lies
The true proof of virtue.
Purposes. like eggs, will. urless they
be hatcbed into action, run into decay.
Few are open to conviction. but the
majority of men are open to persuasion.
Good things have to be engraved on
the memory; bad ones stick there OF
themselves.
Every moment passing without rev
pentance adds to the guilt and strength
of sin unrepented of.
There are many people who never
know anything until they run against
it, and then they know too much.
The man, says one of The early Greek
philosophers, who is not content with
little, is content with nothing.
When high-ninded man takes pains
to atone for his injustice, his kind ness
of heart shows in the best and purest
light.
Our sins, like our shadows, when our
day is in its glory, scarce appear. To-
ward evening how great and moDstrous
they are!
One of the easiest things In the world
to do is to find fault, and in no place are
there as many opportunities for indul-
ging in this kind of work as in the
home.
To avoid the expression of what is
evil and to cultivate the expression OF
what is good is we'll but to Danish the
evil itself and to cherish the good is far
better.
The life of a dependent being must
ever be d life of faith, and the essential
property of faith is obedience. This
runs through all the relations of his life
and those which concern the eternal fu-
ture.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

SEVERAL weeks ago number of
workiDgmen in the city of Baltimore,
WHO have always voted the straight
Democratic ticket, manifested surface
Indications of su intent to kick against
the domination of German, Higgins and
their gang of thieves and murderers.
Tney we're visited by members of the
Democratic committee. who tried to
persuade them TO return to the fold
They refused. Then the committee rsis
ed purse of $4,000 wherewith to pur-
chase the leaders and individual voters
if necessary, The attempt to purchase
was made. The bribers did not succeed
in purchasing anyone; but the whole
body of organized workingmen waxed
wroth at the insult offered to them and
their several organizations. 1t is said
that the entire body, numbering some
10000, will march to the polls on cleo.
tion day and vote the straight Republi
can and Reform ticket
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27
What the Democratic Party Favors.

What the Democratic Party FavOrs.
1t favored the repeal of the Missouri
compromise.
1t favored the repeal of the Ordinance
of 1871.
1t favored carrying slavery into the
Territories.
1t favored the crimes against Kansas
1t favored the Dred Scott decision.
1t favored the continuance and per-
petuity of American slavery.
1t favored dissolution of the Union.
II favored declaring the war failure.
1t favored denouncing the soldiers as
Lincoln hirelings."
1t favored the Sons of Liberty in In
diana aud ether free States.
Ii favored the continuance of the ku
kiuX.
1t favored Withdrawing sll protection
from the colored men of sbe South.
1t favored violence and fraud at the
ballot-box.
1t favored the absolute destruction of
all civil rights for colOred men 10 the
South.
1t favored Hon. L. N. Keith, Demo-
cratic member of Congress, who said
upon the floor of the house of Repre-
sentstives, that history tells us that
when the white working classes stepped
out of bondage, they branched into four
subdivisions: the hireliDg, the beggar.
the theft and the prostitute, which have
no general existence in slave countries,
unless there has been a commencement
of emancipation"
1t favored in Ohio bribery and cor.
ruptioD.
1t favored violence. forgery ard bal
lOt-bOx stufflOg.
1t favored extravaganza and incom>
potency in the Legislature.
1t favored the repeal of the Dow law.
Itfavored free rum and open Sunday
saloons.
1t favored business men 8 admins
trstion" for Cleveland. and the result is
shown in the saloons, jails, and Police
court of the city.
1t favored repeal of the registration
laws of Ohio, in order to destroy an
honest ballot and fair count.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27
October.

October Is the month that seems
All woven with midsummer dreams;
She brings for US tbe golden days
That I'LL the air with smoky haze.
She brings for US the lisping breeze
And wakes the gossips in the trees,
VINO whispers near the vacant nest
Forsakeu by its feathered guest.
Now half the birds forget to sing,
And half of them have taken wing,
Before their pathway may be lost
Beneath the gossamer of frost;
Now one by one the gay leaves fly
Zlgzag across the yellow sky;
They rustic here and f1utter there.
Until they bOugh hangs chill and bare.
What JOY for us-what happiness
Shall cheer the day, the night shall bless
'Cis Halloween. the very last
Sha.l keep for us remembrance fast,
When every child shall dnck the head
To lind the precious pippiD redl
st. Nicholas.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

Here's a wildwood, and ripping brook
that goes tumbling to the sea. Let US go
up it and see what we can find. 1t is a
rough path over brush and stone, and all
the way through a wildwood, but we are
making progress. We have come to a
bend in the stream. As we turn and go
up and ahead of US we catch a new pic
ture. Yonder is an old moss-covered
log that projects out over the stream. A
man is sitting on it. He is of curious
form and mold. He looks tired and is
all doubled up and tumbled in upon
himself. He would probably weigh 315
pounds, but he looks as though he might
be twice that heavy. We come nearer
we see he is dressed in fisherman's attire.
He has on a corduroy suit, with metal
buttons and big pockets, blue flannel
shirt and alligator boots. Laughter.l
And now, as we draw nearer still we dis
cover who it is. He is the president of the
United States. He is fishing for trout.
Laughter and cries of Shame. But
he doesn't look comfortable. He seems
troubled. He looks like bad boy who
had run away from home, and was won
dering how he should face the music
when he goes back. [Laughter.l We
find he has had long bad day of it. He
had worked hard since early morning,
but he has made poor catch He has
caught, all told, but one poor little
starved, innocent and hungry trout.
the matter. Somebody ought to tell
him. The fish have some sense. They
know something about the eternal fitness
of things. They are ashamed to bite.
Laughter and cheers.l He thinks the
trouble is with his bait He wanted to
fish to-day with black flies, but not fly
could be found, and he had to turn over
stones and dig in the ground to catch
lot of common fish-worms. He doesn't
know why they could not catch the flies.
The reason is simple. They, too, have
some sense, too much to go fishing on
Decoration Day. [Laughter.l They, too,
are ashamed of him, and they take to
their wings and fly away. They won't
even blow anywhere about him. TGreat
laughter and cries of That's so. y All
nature is in revolt against him and he
OOCoA oCClu " hLOh II, anu hC uOcSA
care, so the Solid South is assured that
he has no sympathy with these senti-
mental practices that keep alive the
recollections of the war.
A little thing, is it, for the president of
the United States to go fishing on Decora-
ton Day? No, it is not little thing.
[Applause.l 1t is a shameful disgrace
that can not be excused, even to one who
hired substitute; and just so surely as
he is renominated in 1888 he will learn
the truth of what 1 say. [Applause.
And that is not all. The people of this
great state will not wait until next year
to visit upon him directly their condem-
nation. They may not get chance at
him then. He may not be renomi mated.
The Democratic party sometimes has
spells of sanity. [Laughter.l The peo-
pie of Ohio will make sure of
their work by overwhelming with
their ballots this year his champion and
defender and candidate Mr. Thomas E
Powell ~ [Applanse and cheers, loud and
long continued
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27
Live fer Something.

Live Tor something, have a purpose,
And that purpose keep in view;
Drifting like helm,sss vessel,
Thou can'st ne'er 70 life be true.
Half the wrecks that s.lew the ocean,
Ii some star had been their guide,
Might have now been riding safely,
But they drifted with the tide.
Live for something. yes. and something
That Is worthy Of thy life;
Something that will well repay thee,
When 'tis won, for all the strife.
Be not dazzled by the glitter
And the tinsel of the world;
Ger the noble. true and lasting,
Let thy banner be unfurled.
Live for something, and live earnest,
Though thy work may humble be,
BY the world of men unnoticed,
Known alone to God and thee.
Every act has priceless value
To the architect of fate;
lis the spirit of thy doing,
This alone that makes it great.
Live for something. every mortal
Wieids the scepter of a king;
Every soul may wakeD echoes
That shall never cease to ring.
We are living for the ages,
To the farthest end of time,
And the weakest life is mighty,
And the humbla5t is sublime.
Live for something, God and angels
Are thy watchers in the strife.
And above the smoke OF conflict
CLEANS the vic:or's crown of life.
Live for something, God has given
Freely of his stores divine,
Richest gifts of earth and heaven,
Ii thou wiilest may be thine.
Robert Whitaker.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

In every sense Tom Powell is the
chosen representative of the boodlers
who used the peniteutiary as political
machine shop in 1884 3. who filled evt
cry position of trust with a disreputable
heeler, and who caused to be committed
within the walls of the prison one of
the most infamous election crimes ever
perpetrated in this State. d. q. Cool
man, the candidate for Lieutenant Gov>
ernor, was one of the managers of the
penitentiary; Deputy Warden B. H.
Marriott came from Delaware, Puwell's
home, as did also c. r. Montgomery, the
prison physician; while Powell's brother
was an officer in the employ of the
Board of Prison Managers. 1t is the
same old gang trying to get back into
power. Elect Powell and Goodman and
every other man who bad anything to
do with the Columbus forgery in 1885
will be given fat place.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27
Old Weather Saws.

Expect rain when dogs eat grass.
When cats are washing themselves
fair weather follows.
Cats with their tails up and hair ap-
parently electrified, Indicate approach>
ing wind.
Cats scratch table legs and trees just
before storm.
Cats thrown overheard to raise a
squall never drown. but ever disturb
the water with their claws, thus flaws
on the surface are csts-paws.
When cows fail their milk, expect
stormy and cold weather.
When cows below in the evening, ex-
pect snow that night.
In Texas, when the cattle hasten to
timber, expect 'norther.
When cow refuses to go to pasture
in the morning, there will be rain be.
fore night.
When cattle collect near the barn
long before Hight, and remain near the
barn till late in the morning, expect a
severe wiuter.
Expect rain when cattle low and gaze
at the sky.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

IT must be pleasing 10 Republicans to
note the growth of their party in the
far West. Dakota, which Is now knock
ing for admission to the sisterhood Of
States. has more people In it to-day than
either Delaware, Rhode Island or Ne
vada, and at the last Territorial election
gave Republican majority of 54,455.
The Democracy will probably succeed il
keeping out of the Union this great Re-
publican Territory till after the next
presidential election, thus robbing many
thousand citizens of their votes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

POWELL refuses To pay the taxes on
his bouse and lot in Delaware. No won
der he objects to the recommendations
contained in Governor Foraker's special
tax message. That message was intend
ed to bit tax dodgers. and judging from
the way Powell squirms he must have
been badly hurt.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

The presidential train whirled by the
historic fields of Missionary Ridge, Look
out Mountain. Chickamauga and Stone
River without stopping for even a few
moments. 1t was impossible to change
the program" and tie President, as at
Gettysburg, was more intent on getting
to Atlanta, where he could secure a
lunch
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

Mr.. d. C. GOLDMAN, the Democratic
candidate for lieutenant governor, is the
same d. C. Goldman who in 1888 acted as
disbursing agent for the boodler crowd
which attempted to corrupt the voters of
Ohio and debauch the election franchise
By his own confession, found in the re-
port of the Payne investigating commit
tee, he spent from $4,000 to S12, 900 in
the interest Of the boodlers, who then at
tempted to get possession of the state.
He is directly implicated in the methods
employed to debauch the elective fran
chise. By his own testimony, given
under oath, this is proven. This is a
matter which should be considered well
by the honest voters of Ohio before they
cast their ballots.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

THE latest developemenls in the Pan
Electric scandal are not such as to rem
der Attorney General Garland's connec>
ton with it any less creditable than
former disclosures. Important papers
relating to the case of Rogers VS.. Gar
land are missing from the court records
at Washington, and it is hinted that the
defense knows something about their
disappearance.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

THE breath of chronic catarrh pa
,ient Is often so offensive that he be-
comes an object of disgust. After q
time liberation sets In, the spoOgy bones
re attacked. and frequently entirely
destroyed. A constant scource of dis
omfort is the dripping of the puruleDt
ecreti0ns into the throat sometimes
Producing inveterate bronchitis. which
b Its turn has been the exciting cause
II pulmonary disease. The brilliant re-
ults which have attended Its use for
or years past properly designate Ely's
Cream Balm rs by far the best and only
eure. 10 Is 2t.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

THE official vote of the Grand Army
Posts on the Disability Pensou bill. which
was drawn up by G. A. r. committee,
was as follows: Total number of posts
voting. 2,7l5; total vote for the bill, 106,-
9lS; total vote against the bill. 1901. 1t
would be interesting to note the result
of similar vote on service pension
hill
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

THE remains of Gen. Judson Kilpat-
rick one of the foremost cavalry lead
ers of the war, we're finally inferred at
West Point last week in accordance
with the wish expressed by the decess>
ed just before his death at Santiago
Chill, where he was serving as United
States minister.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

THETE is strong evidence that the
National Administration is working
hard to defeat Gov. Foraker in Ohio.
Republicans of the Buckeye State should
remember this and its necessary Sc
quence, that a defeat of Powell is de.
feat for the whole Cleveland party.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27
boobies RECORD.
D. c. Goldman Under Oath States What
He Was Doing in 1899.

D. G. Goldman Under Oath States What
He Was Doing in 1885.
The past record of Mr.. Goldman, Dem
ocratic candidate for lieutenant governor,
is not such as to commend him to honest
voters.
To illustrate the kind of work that has
been done in the past and the methods
resorted to in order to secure Democratic
legislatures, the testimony of Hon. D. c.
Goldman before the Payne investigating
committee makes very interesting read
ing, and particularly so as that gentle
man is now the Democratic candidate for
lieutenant governor. The following tes-
timony may be found in the appendix to
the house journal for 1886, beginning on
page 433:
D. C. Goldman, called by the commit
tee, being duly sworn, testified as followe:
Q.-Did you understand at that time,
Mr.. Goldman, that considerable MOI ey
was necessary to carry on the campaign
of 'S3 for the election of members of the
legislature, &C.? A--Yes, sir, was
aware of that, and in all other campaigns
l have been too long in politics not to
know that campaign can not be carried
on without money.
Q.-Do you know of any monsy being
used in the campaign of 'S3 for Al
don't know that could say positively
that there was any used for that special
purpose. Of course, 1 had more or less
to do with the campaign on general prin-
ciples, furnishing money to the commit
tees of the different counties.
Q.-Was there any money put in your
hands at any time for use9 A.-Wen, we
disbursed some money TO different
county committees from our office at
Parkersburg don't know that l can
recollect the counties now. could, per-
ha7s, if had our books. 1t was sent to
tie different county committees.
Q.-Can you recollect any of the coun-
ties? A.-No, 1 don't think 1 could. No,
Dir, don't remember.
Q.-It was disbursed, you say, for
general election purposes? A.-Yes, sir
Q.-To the county committees2 A
Yes, sir.
Q.-Did you hear of the disbursement
of any money during your stay in Colum
bus to assist in the election of a United
States senator' A.-No, sir, did not l
heard nothing of the kind, neither 1 see
anything of the kind.
Q.-You did not hear of any, A.-No,
sir, did not.
Q.-By Mr.. Thomping: Have you any
idea of the amount you distributed indi-
viduallyS Al don't know that | could
give very close estimate of it. 1t was
quite a considerable amount; probably
ten or twelve thousand dollars altogether
to different parts of the state.